Chancer

n.

Heard in Galway, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Longford, Kildare, Dublin and Limerick

Someone who takes foolish risks.

Your mans a rite chancer

Posh English

That fellow of yours is a gentleman who takes thoroughly foolish risks.

Same phrase, other counties

• Wicklow
• Kilkenny
• Longford
• Kildare
• Dublin
• Limerick

Related terms

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• Hard neckCheek or effrontery. A chancer.
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